IOSH MANAGING SAFELY TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS - 100%
ACCURATE 2026
1. what are the three key reasons to manage safely?
ANSWER : morale, financial, legal.
2. what is a dynamic risk assessment?
ANSWER : means doing it on the job but needs to be documented after.
3. definition: hazard
ANSWER : anything that has the potential to cause harm.
4. definition: hazardous event
ANSWER : a hazard that causes harm.
5. definition: likelihood
ANSWER : the chance a hazardous event will occur.
6. what factors impact likelihood?
ANSWER : training and supervision, size, frequency, access/volume
near hazard, external factors, attitudes, work pressures.
7. definition: consequence
ANSWER : the outcome of the hazardous event.
8. definition: risk
ANSWER : the combination of likelihood and consequence of a
hazardous event.
9. definition: risk assessment
ANSWER : careful examination of anything in the work environment
that could cause injury or ill health.
10.what are the five steps of a risk assessment?
ANSWER : identify the risk, estimate the risk, evaluate the risk, record
findings, review findings.
11.definition: residual risk
ANSWER : any risk that remains after controls have been implemented.
12.definition: hierarchy of risk control
ANSWER : a structured method to decide on risk control measures.
, 13.what are the hierarchy risk of control steps?
ANSWER : 1. eliminate hazard, 2. reduce hazard, 3. prevent contact, 4.
safe system of work, 5. wear ppe.
14.hierarchy risk of control 1–3 are what type of controls?
ANSWER : engineering controls.
15.hierarchy risk of control 4–5 are what type of controls?
ANSWER : behavioural controls.
16.if you can’t eliminate a hazard, how do you control it?
ANSWER : reduce its potential to cause harm.
17.definition: prevent from contact
ANSWER : preventing hazards from coming into contact with people by
separation.
18.how can you prevent a hazard from contact?
ANSWER : enclosing the hazard behind a barrier.
19.definition: safe system of work
ANSWER : details how activities should be carried out to minimise risk,
e.g. permit to work.
20.definition: ppe
ANSWER : the last line of defence, reliant on employees wearing it
properly, fitting well, and being in good condition.
21.what factors may affect risk control decisions?
ANSWER : number of people protected, reliance on behaviour,
maintenance, cost, reduction of risk.
22.risk must be reduced so far as what?
ANSWER : reasonably practicable.
23.what does reasonably practicable mean?
ANSWER : if the cost in time, effort, money, or inconvenience
outweighs the benefits of risk reduction.
24.what is the difference between physically possible and reasonably
practicable?
ANSWER : measures are limited by cost, time, and effort.
25.what risks are employers not responsible for?
ANSWER : risks deemed not reasonably foreseeable.
ACCURATE 2026
1. what are the three key reasons to manage safely?
ANSWER : morale, financial, legal.
2. what is a dynamic risk assessment?
ANSWER : means doing it on the job but needs to be documented after.
3. definition: hazard
ANSWER : anything that has the potential to cause harm.
4. definition: hazardous event
ANSWER : a hazard that causes harm.
5. definition: likelihood
ANSWER : the chance a hazardous event will occur.
6. what factors impact likelihood?
ANSWER : training and supervision, size, frequency, access/volume
near hazard, external factors, attitudes, work pressures.
7. definition: consequence
ANSWER : the outcome of the hazardous event.
8. definition: risk
ANSWER : the combination of likelihood and consequence of a
hazardous event.
9. definition: risk assessment
ANSWER : careful examination of anything in the work environment
that could cause injury or ill health.
10.what are the five steps of a risk assessment?
ANSWER : identify the risk, estimate the risk, evaluate the risk, record
findings, review findings.
11.definition: residual risk
ANSWER : any risk that remains after controls have been implemented.
12.definition: hierarchy of risk control
ANSWER : a structured method to decide on risk control measures.
, 13.what are the hierarchy risk of control steps?
ANSWER : 1. eliminate hazard, 2. reduce hazard, 3. prevent contact, 4.
safe system of work, 5. wear ppe.
14.hierarchy risk of control 1–3 are what type of controls?
ANSWER : engineering controls.
15.hierarchy risk of control 4–5 are what type of controls?
ANSWER : behavioural controls.
16.if you can’t eliminate a hazard, how do you control it?
ANSWER : reduce its potential to cause harm.
17.definition: prevent from contact
ANSWER : preventing hazards from coming into contact with people by
separation.
18.how can you prevent a hazard from contact?
ANSWER : enclosing the hazard behind a barrier.
19.definition: safe system of work
ANSWER : details how activities should be carried out to minimise risk,
e.g. permit to work.
20.definition: ppe
ANSWER : the last line of defence, reliant on employees wearing it
properly, fitting well, and being in good condition.
21.what factors may affect risk control decisions?
ANSWER : number of people protected, reliance on behaviour,
maintenance, cost, reduction of risk.
22.risk must be reduced so far as what?
ANSWER : reasonably practicable.
23.what does reasonably practicable mean?
ANSWER : if the cost in time, effort, money, or inconvenience
outweighs the benefits of risk reduction.
24.what is the difference between physically possible and reasonably
practicable?
ANSWER : measures are limited by cost, time, and effort.
25.what risks are employers not responsible for?
ANSWER : risks deemed not reasonably foreseeable.
